There are problems, like "2) Once you liberate the bases the island seems empty. No more random pirate encounters and almost everyone you run into is a friendly.".

I normally do games mid difficulty "as intended to be played", but I realized after the mission where I fly to the second island that not only was normal too easy but hell it also had auto-aim (I never noticed this before, as most kills were from afar). I've now set difficulty to hard and turned auto-aim off (this on the 360).

I've had good luck with sniping animals' cages.

I do find it annoying how the AI seems generally quite stupid, with no peripheral vision, and yet if I take out an alarm box from somewhere they seem magically to know where the shot came from immediately (even though silenced).

There are lots of problems with the game. In the end, though, it's excellent so far (opened up second island 2 hours of play ago). I only notice the problems because I've spent an embarrassing amount of time on it in the last 4 days.

There are problems, like "2) Once you liberate the bases the island seems empty. No more random pirate encounters and almost everyone you run into is a friendly.".

It seems like there are pockets of pirates here and there. After I finished the game and everything was locked down, I was looking for the Lost Expedition missions. I happened to go though a valley and there was a pirate base which wasnt on the map. Also, that base on the river where you first use the 50 cal seems to respawn pirates. I killed 10 or so and noticed once I was on one side of the base, they would spawn on the other side. Out of thin air. Ended up just leaving.

anyone capable of running this game without having random graphic glitches all the time ? Not sure how to describe it, Game runs great geting a constant 50-60 fps and randomly all the graphics will just go crazy

anyone capable of running this game without having random graphic glitches all the time ? Not sure how to describe it, Game runs great geting a constant 50-60 fps and randomly all the graphics will just go crazy

You're going to have to give a screen shot or something, because "the graphics will just go crazy" doesn't explain anything.

The game was great at first but it got pretty repetitive. It became : Get to the radio tower, free the bases, do the same type of side missions associated with that base, repeat until you get bored and go back to the main story line.

In normal mode you can easily assault the enemy bases without worrying about stealth, you get so much xp throughout the game that taking it over undetected is not really worth it. And the bases are all pretty much the same except for a few different types of enemy classes and the animals trapped in the cage.

I really like the time trial side mission where you score as many points as possible (The grenades one was great) but the rest of the side missions are meh. The kill the dude with a knife ones are all the same, just gun down everyone besides the leader then run up and knife him. The ones involving the villagers are forgettable. The Hunting ones are all the same except for the required weapon needed.

I guess I am around halfway through, don't think I will finish the game.

Pretty much stopped playing. Didn't even get to the second island in SP, but put in about 20 hours into co-op.

I think it might have been a better game without all the map icons. You never really need money (get a ton from just doing regular stuff), so there wasn't any motivation to 'go explore' to find things. Everything and anything is marked, just hop in a jeep and go there. The island ended up feeling really generic to me with that setup.

Yep, at first I was like "Whoa this Island is huge!" but that faded pretty quick when I realized that everything around the island is pretty much the same.

already linked earlier but worth a bump. Going to check this out this weekend.

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You're being difficult. You have not provided us with the information we need to troubleshoot the problem. You have not given us errors, you're vague about where the problem is, you are not answering the questions we ask. In short, you DON'T KNOW HOW TO THINK. Give back that piece of paper you think makes your intelligent, apologize, destroy your computer and go live in the woods kid.

The game was great at first but it got pretty repetitive. It became : Get to the radio tower, free the bases, do the same type of side missions associated with that base, repeat until you get bored and go back to the main story line.

In normal mode you can easily assault the enemy bases without worrying about stealth, you get so much xp throughout the game that taking it over undetected is not really worth it. And the bases are all pretty much the same except for a few different types of enemy classes and the animals trapped in the cage.

I really like the time trial side mission where you score as many points as possible (The grenades one was great) but the rest of the side missions are meh. The kill the dude with a knife ones are all the same, just gun down everyone besides the leader then run up and knife him. The ones involving the villagers are forgettable. The Hunting ones are all the same except for the required weapon needed.

I guess I am around halfway through, don't think I will finish the game.

I actually like the radio towers and bases the best, and didnt particularly care about the story. The only interesting story missions was the ones with Buck, because it was like playing Uncharted or Tomb Raider. Well, map wise anyways. I wish the whole game had story missions like that, but most of them felt like on rails shooting.

Taking the outpost by stealth is what I aim for, but when I can't get it without them calling in reinforcement it gets tough. Last night one guy shot a flare and then a helicopter came. That was a first. The idea to keep it fresh is to mix it up and try new strategies. It is a sandbox game, there is no need for it to feel forced or linear.

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I actually like the radio towers and bases the best, and didnt particularly care about the story. The only interesting story missions was the ones with Buck, because it was like playing Uncharted or Tomb Raider. Well, map wise anyways. I wish the whole game had story missions like that, but most of them felt like on rails shooting.

I like them best also even though all I ever do is snipe the alarms and then snipe everybody else. I could never get the multi take downs to work properly though I never tried much.

I've now cleared all bases and towers and just have the main missions left.

Obviously I did none of the bounty hunt or supply drop filler missions or car races.

Taking the outpost by stealth is what I aim for, but when I can't get it without them calling in reinforcement it gets tough. Last night one guy shot a flare and then a helicopter came. That was a first. The idea to keep it fresh is to mix it up and try new strategies. It is a sandbox game, there is no need for it to feel forced or linear.

Yea, I pretty much see it as a sandbox game, and the missions are 'planned adventures' that I sign up for.

Besides mods, I really hope Ubi drops some legit, HQ DLC that opens it up even more. Maybe another island, or a story extension which has you fighting for the island again.

I still like my "far cry wars" idea where after you beat the island, 100 pirates will show up on various beach points, preferably which ever one is furthest from you.

This way, when you get an alert that pirates are going to arrive soon, you have some time to high tail it to that area and try and get to the pirates before they spread out. This way, get there soon enough you can bombard them with grenades, rpgs, etc and take them out quick. Otherwise, if you wait to long, they break off into groups and start patrolling and heading out to safehouses to try and take them back.

__________________Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
You're being difficult. You have not provided us with the information we need to troubleshoot the problem. You have not given us errors, you're vague about where the problem is, you are not answering the questions we ask. In short, you DON'T KNOW HOW TO THINK. Give back that piece of paper you think makes your intelligent, apologize, destroy your computer and go live in the woods kid.

I know the "zombie" genre is pretty played out but I'd love to see someone make a hardcore survival game set in the Far Cry 3 world.

The elements are all there: crafting, wildlife AI, looting, vehicles, medicines etc, and they all work well. An inspired mod team could build on the framework already in place and really make something cool.

I've now cleared all bases and towers and just have the main missions left.

Obviously I did none of the bounty hunt or supply drop filler missions or car races.

I did the same thing. I even focused on signature weapons before moving on to the second island. I can still do the bounties and story side missions, but since there is nothing left to explore I have no desire to play.

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Originally Posted by Todd33

I also figured out that there can be two alarm boxes in one outpost, which explains why they trigger the alarm after I blew the box.

Just scan the area with the camera. Then you'll see alarm icons in the minimap. The game kinda points to one alarm vs another the way they placed the guards.

I finally got to play Far Cry 3 recently on the 360 (will buy it soon for myself on PC since I just upgraded my GPU). I have to say that while it's very fun as a game I am instead more impressed by its engine than the rest so far. It's Dunia 2, successor to the original engine that gave us Far Cry 2 (not the first Far Cry though, of course). As I played and wandered the forested areas I couldn't help but wonder how - with only a few tweaks here and there to accommodate the type of game that it'd then become - just how well that engine would fit for games in the veins of STALKER or, one of my own "wild wishes in gaming", a Turok game. I was surprised by how even more vast and even imposing is the seamless environment in comparison to how it was already in Far Cry 2 (boring game, yes, but cannot deny that it has great environments and overall atmosphere).

I hated having to wait for loading a new area in STALKER just because I happened to get in a sewers of the underground portion of the ground I was walking on. In a game like STALKER running with Dunia 2 you'd have a full map complete with multiple layers of both ground-level, under ground and even under water and above ground (hills, raiod towers, mountains, etc) and wouldn't need to load separate sections as long as the "same map" remains unchanged. It would greatly enhance the whole exploration portion of such games. But unfortunately for a reason I don't know it looks like the Dunia engine (be it the original or Dunia 2) has only been used so far to make Far Cry 2, FC3 and a few years ago the Avatar game (with Dunia 1).

It's a great engine that can clearly rival, if not exceed other "competing" engine's capabilities. Definitely more devs need to make more games with it and perhaps stop salivating too much over CryEngine, or stop milking UE3 to death.

I would pay right now for a DLC on console for techjk's idea. It is a great idea.

Todd33 in island 2 some bases have 3 boxes!

This problem suffers critically from a problem that afflicts many games. Once I am done main story it will be like just cause 2 or Skyrim to me: a huge world that is "dead". I have no interest in else driving around all day immune from damage looking for relics or letters. I am enjoying the game but when I finish main mission I will sell it and move on. Another DLC that repopulates the entire island but also has some weak back story joining together the desire to reclaim them all could add many hours back to it.

I have to say that while it's very fun as a game I am instead more impressed by its engine than the rest so far. It's Dunia 2, successor to the original engine that gave us Far Cry 2 (not the first Far Cry though, of course).

Actually Dunia engine was developed by a Crytek employee. It was built off CryEngine1 and heavily modified by Ubisoft.

So yes, technically all the FarCry games are in the CryEngine family.

I have felt the exact same way about STALKER for years.......how much I would love to see it remade in a modern engine that can handle open-world terrain without loading screens.

Imagine the entire STALKER map (SoC, ClearSky, and CoP), plus the missing areas they didn't have time to include (Dead City) ALL IN ONE GAME. If only.

The kill the dude with a knife ones are all the same, just gun down everyone besides the leader then run up and knife him.

Just because you can do that, doesn't mean that's what you should necessarily be doing. These missions were the best part of the game for me, trying to sneak in and take all the guys out one by one without being detected or having bodies found, always leaving the leader until the end. Each missions was a new situation, new pattern to try and figure out the best way to do it. The bow and knife were pretty much the only weapons I used in this game, unless I screwed up and shit hit the fan.

I guess that's part of the reason I might enjoy games like this more than other people, I like to role play, and put limits on myself to get the most out of a game. Like you said, running in guns blazing and just blasting everybody gets repetitive. What you get out of a game depends on how you approach it.